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Genesis


HUMANITY'S ONLY HOPE OF SURVIVAL

The human race is running out of time on overcrowded Earth, and only one man has the courage to do what is necessary to save it. Colony ship Ark is the greatest project the human race will ever attempt, a self-contained world one hundred years in the building, launched on a ten thousand year voyage to carry the seeds of civilization to the stars. It is humanity's final gamble for escape from a desperate world, but the price of hope is measured in lives.

Joshua Crewe, Ark's designer. Obsessed with his vision, he's devoted his life to winning the power to turn it into reality. No burden is too great to bear in pursuit of his dream—especially when other people are the ones to bear it.

Aurora Brady, first of the space-born, with one foot in the future and one in the past. She must give power to her enemies to see Ark launched, but giving too much will mean its destruction.

Jedidiah Fourgere, a simple farm boy. He finds himself caught up in a revolution that will forever change the balance of power in Ark's hermetically sealed world. Torn between love and faith, humanity's future lies in his hands.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Paul Chafe was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1965. He is an infantry officer in the Canadian Forces Reserve, has served with four regiments, and has one son, Christian, who is 12. He has been a frequent contributor to the Man-Kzin Wars series, including his recent novel for Baen, Destiny's Forge. His website is available at http://paulchafe.com.

Cover Art by David Mattingly


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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, November 2007

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Chafe, Paul, 1965–
Genesis / Paul Chafe.
p. cm.
ISBN 1-4165-5509-9 (hc)
1. Interplanetary voyages—Fiction. 2. Space ships—Fiction. I. Title.
PR9199.4.C44G46 2007
813'.6—dc22
2007030471

Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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Pages by Joy Freeman (www.pagesbyjoy.com)
Printed in the United States of America

ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-5509-4
ISBN-10: 1-4165-5509-9

Copyright© 2007 by Paul Chafe

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

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For Christian

For more on the Ark project visit
http://projectark.net

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